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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_executive.pdf
January 01, 2010 - examining each element of an intervention bundle in order
to accurately determine the benefit or harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/future05-breastcancer-10-5-2010final.pdf
September 01, 2010 - ―This [weight loss as therapy] is an intervention that carries essentially no harm and
great preventive … of doing the studies.‖
―This (exercise as therapy) is an intervention that carries essentially no harm … experiencing specific adverse effects would
guide physicians and patients to regimens that cause the least harm … the effects of adding aspirin in
conjunction with tamoxifen or raloxifene could improve the benefit/harm … reduction at younger ages (45 to 55 years) could provide better long-term benefit and
short-term harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/linking-evidence-reviews-tools.pdf
May 29, 2025 - Tool for Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning
Tool for Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational
Guideline Planning
Accompanies Methods Report: Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational
Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive, Web-Based Presentation
and Discussion of Evidence…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/labor-nitrous-oxide_executive.pdf
August 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 67
Nitrous Oxide for the Management of
Labor Pain
Executive Summary
Background
More than 4 million births occur in
the United States each year; in 2008,
there were 4,247,694 births.1 The most
commonly used labor pain management
method in the United States is epidural…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse_disposition-comments.pdf
July 10, 2012 - in this area and pointing out it isn’t an arbitrary
limit, but rather an amount that risks health harm … Acute alcohol-related harm
exceeds that of chronic. See CDC cost fractions. … community approaches) and (ii) treatment aimed at those
individuals who have already experienced harm … Even if they did decrease, we
believe it is uncertain whether this would
indicate harm or benefit. … Alternatively, it
could be evidence of possible harm if they
stopped going to PC visits due to stigma
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-evidence-summary-2022-update_0.pdf
January 01, 2022 - effects” if the 95 percent confidence interval included meaningful (i.e., at
least small) benefit or harm … , but not both (i.e., either the benefit or harm did not meet the
threshold for small).22,23
Table … chronic pain, particularly opioid and non-opioid medications, is essential to determining
the benefit to harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 23, 2014 - Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Clostridium diffic…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicidal-thoughts-youth-disposition-comments.pdf
April 10, 2025 - Relatedly, I recommend avoiding
general terms like “self-harm” and maintaining language
throughout … We have replaced the
term self-harm (when
non-suicidal in nature)
with non-suicidal self-
injurious … deaths by suicide and that
recent discussion in the field is that this warning may
have done more harm … These reviewed treatments have
no indication of harm which is important and to be
highlighted as a … potential benefit over novel treatments,
particularly recognizing psychology’s history in doing
harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_research-protocol.pdf
October 18, 2010 - Evidence Report on the
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: October 18, 2010
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Proj…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disparities-quality-improvement_research-protocol.pdf
February 23, 2012 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov
Published Online: February 23, 2012
1
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: Closing the Quality Gap 2010: Quality Improvement Interventions to
Address Health Disparities
…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/white-paper-roadmap-interventions.pdf
November 01, 2020 - Standardized statements for reporting effects
Certainty of
Evidence
Important Benefit/Harm Less Important … Benefit/Harm No Important
Benefit/Harm
High certainty
of evidence
[Intervention] improves/reduces … The point estimate indicates
an important benefit or harm,
and the confidence interval
also includes … an important
benefit/harm/no effect
Option 1
[Intervention] may lead to [better / worse outcome
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-anemia-update_research-protocol.pdf
June 16, 2010 - Did the study document one of the relevant outcome measures (benefit or
harm)?
8. … is independent of baseline risk (control rate),
numbers needed to treat (NNT) and numbers needed to harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/engaging-caregivers-rapid-review.pdf
April 01, 2024 - with Structured Communication
for Safe Care Transitions) have been used to prevent or mitigate the harm … questions, and noted the author,
year, study design, frequency and severity of the harms, measures of harm … With Structured Communication for Safe Care
Transitions) Have Been Used To Prevent or Mitigate the
Harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wireless-motility-capsule_executive.pdf
May 01, 2013 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 110
Wireless Motililty Capsule Versus Other
Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating
Gastroparesis and Constipation: A
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Executive Summary
Gastroparesis
Definition and Prevalence
Gastroparesis is a condition in which
patients experience …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dot-plots-methods.pdf
October 01, 2021 - 1
Introduction
Background
Systematic reviews often assess multiple outcomes (benefits and harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-risk-reduction_research.pdf
October 25, 2010 - “This [weight loss as therapy] is an intervention that carries essentially no harm and
great preventive … “This (exercise as therapy) is an intervention that carries essentially no harm and great
preventive … experiencing specific adverse effects would
guide physicians and patients to regimens that cause the least harm … the effects of adding aspirin in
conjunction with tamoxifen or raloxifene could improve the benefit/harm … risk reduction at younger ages (45 to 55 years) could provide better long-term benefit and
short-term harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cerebral-palsy-feeding_executive.pdf
March 01, 2013 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 94
Interventions for Feeding and Nutrition
in Cerebral Palsy
Executive Summary
Background
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a “group of
disorders of the development of
movement and posture, causing
activity limitation, that is attributed to
non-progressive disturbances that…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-health-mobile-apps-disposition-of-comments.pdf
May 20, 2022 - focus on a strong position for safety
to consumers as many apps like medical devices can cause patient harm … This can ultimately lead to harm of the patient. … safety from
the use of their applications despite the fact that they may cause just as much
patient harm … conducted in order to offer the application of medical devices,
medications etc. for the safety vs. harm … These apps could lead to more lawsuits for practitioners in
addition to the patient harm.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/assessing-the-risk-of-bias-in-systematic-reviews-of-health-care-interventions-01_0.pdf
May 01, 2005 - The primary study may have established a separate committee to
evaluate association between the harm
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoporosis-vibration-therapy_disposition-comments.pdf
November 15, 2011 - Disposition of Comments Report for Whole-Body Vibration Therapy for Osteoporosis
Source: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/search-for-guides-reviews-and-
reports/?productid=836&pageaction=displayproduct
Published Online: November 15, 2011
Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of …